Found 2 items, similar to Latitudinarian.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: latitudinarian latitudinarian adj : unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) [syn: free-thinking, undogmatic, undogmatical] n : a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Latitudinarian Latitudinarian \Lat`i*tu`di*na"ri*an\, n. 1. One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking. [1913 Webster] 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed. [1913 Webster] They were called “men of latitude;” and upon this, men of narrow thoughts fastened upon them the name of latitudinarians. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 3. (Theol.) One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy. [1913 Webster] Latitudinarian \Lat`i*tu`di*na"ri*an\, a. [Cf. F. latitudinaire.] 1. Not restrained; not confined by precise limits. [1913 Webster] 2. Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology. [1913 Webster] Latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects. --Allibone. [1913 Webster] 3. Lax in moral or religious principles. [1913 Webster]